{"id":12,"date":"2023-10-15T21:05:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T21:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-10-20T22:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:10:03","slug":"about-ryan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12\" class=\"elementor elementor-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c438081 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c438081\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-035a722\" data-id=\"035a722\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4533522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4533522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"983\" src=\"https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Self_Portrait01-2-990x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-485\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Self_Portrait01-2-990x1024.jpg 990w, https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Self_Portrait01-2-600x621.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Self_Portrait01-2-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Self_Portrait01-2-768x795.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Self_Portrait01-2-1485x1536.jpg 1485w, https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Self_Portrait01-2-1320x1366.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Self_Portrait01-2.jpg 1703w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8ada8a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8ada8a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52d871b\" data-id=\"52d871b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7c505 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e7c505\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"159\">Ryan Madison<\/strong> is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York City, originally from Lawrence, Kansas. She earned her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Photography from the Fashion Institute of Technology, with double minors in Film and Art History. Madison\u2019s work explores the narratives of the Black experience, often featuring Black models to inspire and shape the conceptual frameworks of her images. Each image she creates becomes a space to celebrate and affirm Black identity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47b3288 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47b3288\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4571b5a\" data-id=\"4571b5a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f996ece elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f996ece\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022_124336_Instagram.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aff7069 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aff7069\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e29319c\" data-id=\"e29319c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9a05d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9a05d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022_124353_Instagram.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Madison is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York City, originally from Lawrence, Kansas. She earned her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Photography from the Fashion Institute of Technology, with double minors in Film and Art History. Madison\u2019s work explores the narratives of the Black experience, often featuring Black models to inspire and shape the conceptual &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryanmadisonb.com\/?page_id=12\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About Me - Ryan Madison<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet Ryan Madison B, a passionate young African American woman whose creative journey unfolds at the intersection of art, culture, and personal expression. 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